We’re extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAOut of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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Something doesn’t start at its usual time. Something doesn’t happen as it should. Someone was always, always here, then suddenly disappeared and stubbornly stays disappeared.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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I’m one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.
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